Key events
Match report: Newcastle 1-3 Nottingham Forest
Premier League: Chris Wood scored a hat-trick against his former side as Nottingham Forest came from behind to demolish Newcastle with a fine exhibition of counter-attacking football. Louise Taylor reports from St James’ Park …
Match report: Sheffield United 2-3 Luton Town
Premier League: “This was madness,” writes John Brewin from Bramall Lane. “If Nottingham Forest’s earlier win at Newcastle had left Sheffield United and Luton picking for leftovers, six-pointer season upon them, it was Luton who took the spoils from the mayhem.”
Match report: Bournemouth 3-0 Fulham
Premier League: “Despite taking in this game from the stands owing to a one-match touchline ban, for Andoni Iraola this latest Bournemouth victory surely made deeply satisfying viewing,” writes Ben Fisher from the Vitality Stadium.
Scottish Premiership: Dundee 0-3 Celtic
Championship results
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Preston 2-1 Leeds United
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Millwall 2-0 QPR
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Cardiff City 2-2 Plymouth Argyle
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Coventry City 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday
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Huddersfield Town 3-0 Blackburn Rovers
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Hull City 0-1 Sunderland
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Rotherham United 1-0 Middlesbrough
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Southampton 5-0 Swansea City
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Watford 1-4 Bristol City
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West Brom 1-0 Norwich City
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Birmingham City v Stoke City (5.15pm)
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Ipswich Town v Leicester City (7.45pm)
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Premier League results
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Newcastle United 1-3 Nottingham Forest
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Bournemouth 3-0 Fulham
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Sheffield United 2-3 Luton Town
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Burnley v Liverpool (5.30pm GMT)
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Manchester United v Aston Villa (8pm GMT)
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Full time: Sheffield United 2-3 Luton Town
Premier League: Luton emerged triumphant from this thrilling Bramall Lane six-pointer but needed plenty of help from their hosts to take all three points.
Full time: Bournemouth 3-0 Fulham
Premier League: Bournemouth are now unbeaten in seven and have taken 19 of the past 21 points available.
Scottish Premiership: Mikey Johnston scores two goals in the final eight minutes to give Celtic a 3-0 lead over Dundee at Dens Park.
Championship: Coventry City double their lead over Sheffield Wednesdaywith Tatsuhiro Sakamoto scoring his and their second of the afternoon in the 89th minute.
GOAL! Bournemouth 3-0 Fulham (Sinisterra 90+3)
Premier League: Luis Sinisterra cuts in from the left, shifts the ball on to his right foot and curls the ball past Bernd Leno and into the top corner.
Championship: It’s Southampton 5-0 Swansea City as Che Adams piles the pain on the Welsh side at St Mary’s.
Sheffield United 2-3 Luton Town: George Baldock fires narrowly over the bar from the edge of the Luton penalty area as Sheffield United search for a late equaliser.
Championship: Sunderland take the lead against Hull at the MKM Stadium, with Jack Clarke putting his side 1-0 up.
Championship: Andreas Weimann increases Bristol City’s lead against Watford at Vicarage Road. It’s 4-1 to the Robins. Meanwhile at St Mary’s, Ryan Fraser has scored his second of the game to make it Southampton 4-0 Swansea City.
GOAL! Sheffield United 2-3 Luton (Slimane 81og)
Premier League: Sensational scenes at Bramall Lane, where Sheffield United score their second own goal in a couple of minutes to give Luton the lead. Carlton Morris’s cross (or was it a shot?) takes a massive deflection off Anis Ben Slimane and the ball loops into the top corner. How’s your luck, Chris Wilder?
Bournemouth 2-0 Fulham: Already on a yellow card, Bernd Leno gives a ball boy who is time-wasting a little shove but escapes further punishment.
GOAL! Sheffield United 2-2 Luton (Robinson 77og)
Premier League: Under pressure while defending a corner, Jack Robinson skims a header past his own keeper and inside the far post. Sheffield United’s players are furious because they don’t believe Luton should have had a corner in the first place.
Championship: Basement side Rotherham have taken a surprise lead against Middlesbrough, with Cohen Bramall doing the honours against the run of play.
Championship: Southampton go 3-0 up against Swansea, with Ryan Fraser latching on to a pass from Adam Armstrong to curl a shot into the top corner not long after coming on as a substitute.
GOAL! Sheffield United 2-1 Luton (Ahmedhodzic 69)
Premier League: Anel Ahmedhodzic calmly sidefoots the ball home for the Blades after the ball broke his way following a most unseemly goalmouth scramble at the far post. His goal survives a VAR check for something or other and Bramall Lane erupts.
Championship: Morgan Whittaker levels proceedings at the Cardiff City Stadium, scoring his own and Plymouth’s second goal of the afternoon on the follow-up after his initial shot from distance was saved by Jak Alnwick.
GOAL! Bournemouth 2-0 Fulham (Solanke 62pen)
Premier League: Dominic Solanke doubles Bournemouth’s lead from the penalty spot after Antoine Semenya was bundled over in the penalty area.
GOAL! Sheffield United 1-1 Luton Town (McBurnie 61)
Premier League: Sitting on his backside after appearing to be fouled in the Luton penalty area, James McAtee manages to hook the ball wide to Oli McBurnie, who fires across the face of goal and home.
Sheffield United 0-1 Luton Town: Andros Townsend bears down on the Sheffield United penalty area, taking on the backpedalling Jack Robinson. He shoots over the bar.
Scottish Premiership: Paulo Bernardo puts Celtic one up against Dundee at Dens Park in the only Scottish top flight game being played today. It wasn’t pretty and he had to bundle the ball home but they all count.
Championship: Brandon Thomas-Asante gives West Brom a 1-0 lead against 10-man Norwich City at the Hawthorns.
Championship: Karlan Grant fires Cardiff City ahead against Plymouth with a fine strike. The ball broke his way following a short corner routine that had gone awry and he rifled the ball into the roof of the net from about 20 yards out. It’s 2-1 to the hosts in the Welsh capital.
Championship: Sam Edozie takes advantage of an awful mistake by Swansea goalkeeper Carl Rushworth to backheel the ball over the line from a tight angle and give Southampton a 2-0 lead. Rushworth completely miskicked the ball as he went to hoof a backpass into the stands and the ball rolled across the face of his own goal. Edozie managed to get it over the line with a nice piece of improvisation from a tight angle.
Elsewhere, Bristol City lead Watford 3-1 after quickfire goals from both sides at Vicarage Road, whil. Giorgi Chakvetadze pulled a goal back for Watford, only for his side to concede a Mark Sykers goal within a minute.
Sheffield United 0-1 Luton Town: Jack Robinson has taken a few long throws into the Luton penalty area during this game and he “Delaps” his longest one yet moments after ther restart. The ball sails straight into the raised gloves of Kaminsky. Max Lowe is on for the Blades in this second half, having replaced Andre Brooks.
18 – Justin Kluivert has scored for Bournemouth against Fulham, 18 years and 236 days after his father Patrick scored his final Premier League goal against the Cottagers in May 2005. Generation. pic.twitter.com/uQyXdN17RT
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) December 26, 2023
Championship half-times
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Preston 2-1 Leeds United (R)
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Millwall 2-0 QPR (R)
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Cardiff City 1-1 Plymouth Argyle
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Coventry City 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday
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Huddersfield Town 1-0 Blackburn Rovers
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Hull City 0-0 Sunderland
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Rotherham United 0-0 Middlesbrough
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Southampton 1-0 Swansea City
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Watford 0-2 Bristol City
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West Brom 0-0 Norwich City
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Birmingham City v Stoke City (5.15pm)
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Ipswich Town v Leicester City (7.45pm)
Premier League half-times
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Newcastle United 1-3 Nottingham Forest (R)
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Bournemouth 1-0 Fulham
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Sheffield United 0-1 Luton Town
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Burnley v Liverpool (5.30pm GMT)
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Manchester United v Aston Villa (8pm GMT)
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